Nick Ball defended the WBA Featherweight Title with a stoppage after round of former world champion TJ Doheny in Liverpool, England.

In round nine, the right eye of Doheny began to swell and bleed. Ball was deducted a point for throwing Doheny down. In round 10, Ball battered Doheny with a relentless flurry of punches. When Doheny got back to the corner, his team pulled the plug on the fight.

Ball, 125 lbs of Liverpool is 22-0-1 with 13 knockouts. Doheny, 126 lbs of Ireland is 26-6.

Jack Turner remained undefeated with a second round stoppage over Ryan Farrag in a 10-round super flyweight bout.

Turner hurt Farrag at the end of round one. In round two, Turner came out and landed a powerful barrage that put Farrag down and the fight was waved off at 41 seconds.

Turner, 114 lbs of Liverpool is now 11-0 with 10 knockouts. Farrag, 114 lbs of Liverpool is 23-6.

Andrew Cain won a 12-round split decision over former flyweight champion Charlie Edwards in a bantamweight bout.

Cain landed 76 of 365 punches. Edwards was 77 of 314.

Cain, 117 lbs of Liverpool won by scores of 116-112 and 115-114. Edwards won a card by a 115-113 tally.

Cain is now 14-1. Edwards, 117 lbs of Surrey, ENG is 20-2.

Jadier Herrera remained undefeated with a seventh round stoppage over Jose Macias in a 10-round lightweight bout.

In round six, Macias was cut around the left eye from a head clash. In round seven, Herrera swarmed a bloody Macias and the fight was stopped at 2:30

Herrera,134 lbs of Cuba is 17-0 with 15 knockouts. Macias, 134 lns of Monterrey, MEX is 21-4-2.

Ionut Baluta won a 10-round split decision over Brad Strand in a super bantamweight bout.

Baluta dropped Strand in round in round six.

Baluta, 121 lbs of Romania won by scores of 98-91 and 96-94 while Strand won a card 97-93. Baluta is 17-3-1. Strand, 121 lbs of Liverpool is 1-2.

Stephen Clarke remained undefeated with a six-round decision over Dmitri Prodkunas in a middleweight bout.

Clarke won by a 60-54 score and is now 6-0. Prodkunas is now 8-18-1.

SUNNY EDWARDS INSISTS it will be his decision alone when it comes to setting the tempo for his big BoxNation bill-topper against Ryan Farrag at York Hall on Friday evening.

The 22-year-old defends his WBO European flyweight title against the 30-year-old former European champion in a match-up that has caught fire across social media platforms, with hostilities being exchanged on almost a daily basis.

“I see this fight playing out in one of two ways and really it is down to me to decide which way it goes,” reasoned Sunny, who is entering into his ninth professional fight. “Don’t get me wrong, I see him as a tough fighter in the sense that he’ll be there and he will look to have a go in every round – he won’t go missing or hide.

“But, if I stick to my boxing and moving, which I think I’ve displayed in certain fights and everyone in the gym knows I can be an absolute nightmare in that if I don’t want to get hit, I will not get hit. For sure, I honestly believe hand on heart, I could completely outbox him for ten clear rounds no question about it.

“However, I’ve worked on a lot of things and I am a much changed fighter from what I was in the amateurs and even the last year. So I’ll be looking to seize opportunities where perhaps before I didn’t and, of course, I am headlining a BoxNation show so I am looking to put on a performance.

“I know he thinks I will be running away for the whole fight, but that is just that boxer vs fighter mentality where, when they lose, they can just say ‘he ran away from me for ten rounds’. I just use ring skills.”

Edwards went on to explain in his Fighter Diary column on www.frankwarren.com that he had no intention of kicking off an anti-social media campaign against his opponent when the fight was called, but an online olive branch was swiftly rebuffed by the 19-3 Farrag.

“He is a big step up for me, I know that. The three fights he’s lost were against two world champions and a European champion, so he is a good fighter.

“Yes things have got disrespectful but, being completely honest, when the fight was made the day after the board ordered for him to fight Jay Harris for the British title, so it looked like I was going to have my biggest fight snatched away from me. So I messaged him saying I respected him for taking the fight and wished him the best in camp.

“I tried to be respectful because, at the end of the day, we both know the fight had enough interest that we didn’t need any nonsense. It is a good level fight, hence the headline status without question.

“He then replied ‘thanks squirrel face’. After that I thought ‘this is gonna be fun then’ and it set the tone for what has happened since.”

Coverage of Edwards-Farrag on Friday begins live on BoxNation from 7pm